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The Lancet: Many countries falling behind on global commitments to tackling premature deaths from chronic diseases, such as diabetes, lung cancer and heart disease
(The Lancet) Around the world, the risk of dying prematurely from preventable and largely treatable chronic diseases such as stroke, heart disease, and stomach cancer has declined steadily over the past decade, but death rates from other chronic diseases such as diabetes, lung cancer, colon cancer, and liver cancer are declining too slowly or worsening in many countries.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Heart disease and cancer kill more people in developing nations than in Western countries
(Imperial College London) Diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke are deadlier in the developing world than in rich nations.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 25, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Optimism may reduce risk of dying prematurely among women
(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) Having an optimistic outlook on life -- a general expectation that good things will happen -- may help people live longer, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study found that women who were optimistic had a significantly reduced risk of dying from several major causes of death -- including cancer, heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease, and infection -- over an eight-year period, compared with women who were less optimistic.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Rate of decline of cardiovascular deaths slows in US
(The JAMA Network Journals) In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Stephen Sidney, M.D., M.P.H., of Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, and colleagues examined recent national trends in death rates due to all cardiovascular disease (CVD), heart disease (HD), stroke, and cancer, and also evaluated the gap between mortality rates from HD and cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Decreases seen in leading causes of death
(The JAMA Network Journals) An analysis of deaths in the United States between 1969 and 2013 finds an overall decreasing trend in the age-standardized death rate for all causes combined and for heart disease, cancer, stroke, unintentional injuries, and diabetes, although the rate of decrease appears to have slowed for heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, according to a study in the Oct. 27 issue of JAMA.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 27, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news